Is getting a Mercury Montego really a humble brag?

And you know anything about anything in my life? No? OK.

Due to some dumb luck when I was 21 I had the money to sport a Z06. The survivor in me and my now wife worked me down to the incredibly responsible choice of an AWD Mercury Montego because I moved north after graduating college. I’m grateful to them both because I would have most certainly done something like this…

It is crazy how good Dodge and Chrysler interiors and drive train choices got. Uconnect is easily my top-three infotainment systems out there. Admittedly, I haven’t been in the newest one, and I could see how adding some of the recent changes Dodge has made to their lineup would have gone a long way.

Short-term sales success at the cost of valuable image and customer loyalty, IMO.

Yes, the Journey is Dodge’s best seller, but that’s due to the fact that it’s its best selling type of car, not the car itself. Most other brands with CUVs in that segment destroy Journey’s numbers. I admit I was surprised by the fact that it has broke into six-digit sales figures the past few years, however, when you…

I just don’t think they should make a Compass, even if it really is so much better (which isn’t saying much), it damages the image they work so hard to cultivate.

You’re right about the Caliber, I was conflating it with the equally as pointless and hopeless Journey. As for the Compass, it definitely got better, but I just don’t think it fits in or ads anything to the brand. It’s likely just a cafe standard move, but that could also be fixed by more efficient drive trains in…

I could see that, but even Cadillac doesn’t want to be Cadillac anymore, similar to Lincoln. Making cars for the elderly is not a good way to achieve customer retention. It also doesn’t have the performance and technology tradition of Cadillac, and lacks the historical ubiquity of Lincoln and their success in the…

You gotta at this point. What’s the point of continuing to pump out Dodge Journey’s that you’re just going to sell for extremely deep discounts and to rental fleets?

If I were FCA this is what I’d do. Focus on what works and replace the rest with fuel efficient economy cars that preserve some of the MOPAR disposable but awesome carness they’ve always done so well.

I don’t know what this is, but I like it.

“Smoke the meats” it my new favorite driving term, thank you Stef.

Uh huh, you didn’t post a single shred of evidence just a bunch of correlation, and somehow I’m wrong. I also stand with the consensus of dietitians and physicians, so there’s that, too.

Hahahahahahha, so correlation is somehow causation in your mind?

Alright Mr. Reader Guy, cite a single peer-reviewed source backing up what you’re saying. That whole thing about fat, not sugar consumption, being the main driver behind diabetes, for example, do you have anything to back that up?

Yeah we max out his 529 and our 401Ks (tax free? yes please), My wife and I work too hard but as we often say “we’re living for our 40's” (in our mid-thirties). The 350 goes to our money guy he has it in some conservative funds, I miss the payment occasionally. We have one kid. He doesn’t it know it, and won’t know it…

Yep just bought my last new car for a long time after I had my son a few years back after being on a 24-36 month cycles of getting different vehicles since I was 16. Here’s hoping Tundras are as reliable as they are purported to be. The flip side is I’ve already paid it off, but I keep putting $350/month away for my…

It really isn’t that crazy. Who (that can afford it) wants to keep a high end luxury vehicle for more than 3 years? Also, who wants to worry about its long-term health while you are flogging it? Not for every car, but my dad did it for a while with 7-series and it seemed pretty reasonable.

Sort of, but we’ve been developing robotic awareness and automation for 50 years at this point. So no, I don’t think that hits the nail on the head. Regardless, we agree, this won’t come quick, and there’s a long way to go.